How Native and White Communities Make Alliances to Protect the Earth
Tribal nations have always been on the front lines of environmental protection. Now their neighbors are catching up.
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10 Podcasts That Every Social Justice Nerd Should Listen To
These shows inspire, teach, advocate, and provoke.
Why Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution We Think It Is
The racial wealth gap is real. But a guaranteed income is not going to fix it.
The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks
How marginalized groups are working to counteract historical wealth inequality.
Foundations Have a Not-So-Charitable Secret
Philanthropic organizations invest about 93 percent of their money in Wall Street. But they are starting to make better choices.
This Is the Only Plant That Can Save Monarch Butterflies
Monarchs lay their eggs on this perennial wildflower along their migratory path to Canada. Plant it now and be nature’s ultimate wingman.
One Way to Skip Wall Street and Invest in Your Community
Take it from someone who gave away his inheritance 35 years ago: The act of distributing your wealth will propel you forward.
Here’s Enough Money to Pay Off All Millennials’ Student Debt
The largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever is on its way.
This Kind of Wealth Really Can Solve Our Problems
A life devoted to frugality taught me about “natural wealth” and the value of investing in community.
Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Circulating local dollars can’t create wealth when there’s not enough to begin with.
Telling the Truth as a Means of Healing
A new documentary shows how one state is confronting Native American child removal.
The Midterms Are More Than a Vote Against the President
Here’s what’s on the line.
5 Easy Steps to Taking a Tech Break
How to turn off your devices and party like it’s 1982.
Climate Change and Its Staggering Refugee Crisis
Research confirms that massive migration, into the millions, will be an inevitable consequence of global warming.
What It Means to Be a Nation of Immigrants
Pramila Jayapal writes about the Night of 1,000 Conversations, in which more than 2,500 strangers in 28 states gathered to discuss the role of immigration in the country’s past, present, and future.
To Love and Worship Freely: Young Muslim LGBTQ Activists Stand Up
These people are fighting the good fight because LGBTQ+ Muslims shouldn’t have to sacrifice one identity at the expense of the other.
How to Get Carbon-Free in 10 Years
Meet the Joneses. They are your average U.S. energy consumers, and they decided to do their part. Watch how they go carbon-neutral in a decade, and then try it yourself.
Science Says Happiness Can Change Your Brain
After 2,000 years of practice, Buddhist monks know that one secret to bliss is to put your mind to it.
What the Maps of Hate Groups Reveal
New research offers clues to stop the spread of organized hate groups in the U.S.
Indigenous Culture Reasserts Women’s Power Through Dance
Native women revitalize ceremony to resist the legacy of patriarchy that supports a long-entrenched history of abuse.
The Ways We Are Healed by Nature (Even Houseplants)
Green growing things heal us in surprising ways. Communities are trying to bring plant life to areas that lack it.
Activism | Cooperatives | Local economies | Wealth and inequality | Jobs | Local power | Citizens United
What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops
It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books.
5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
What a Society Designed for Well-Being Looks Like
Economic justice goes a long way toward improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
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